It is equally amusing to find many on this forum spouting the same tired old mantra that MS has finally made a perfect OS when it is blatantly obvious that many do not find this to be true.
Well, not everybody will agree about everything 100% of the time. But the high level overview is that Windows 7 runs pretty solid, on most hardware, with very few issues, since the day of release. Compared to other Windows releases, including XP, at launch Windows 7 has been the most fluid and uneventful...for most. I think that's why it's universally accepted as a good platform and a winner for Microsoft.
I never had any problems with XP I might add.
My problems with XP were few and far between, but there were certainly more Blue Screens that I saw back then, and I certainly had to reboot for weird anomalies far more in the XP days then I do with Windows 7.
Not always will it be more bloated. I don't feel that 7 is bloated as compared to Vista. Vista was far more lethargic, and sure felt bloated. As far as features and such, it's always debatable based on the person. I don't find anything missing from XP that I use.
I don't understand the hated for the Libraries. Personally, I like them and I use them. But for somebody who doesn't want to use them, you don't have to. You can create folders anywhere you like and save there. I'm just unsure of the hatred of simply seeing something that you don't use.
As far as the Programs list, i use the Jump Lists feature quite a bit. I'd really miss that convenience if I moved back to XP. I've gotten quite used to the Start Orb menu and such and feel that the old single column "classic view" is just far less functional and plain looking.
Similar tweaks are necessary for a range of other alterations, which accounts for the vast number of excellent tutorials on this site. So where exactly is the perfection?
Anything new, requires explanation and experience of using to fully understanding. This doesn't to me indicate that things aren't properly designed...just not familiar to me.
I know I am not the only one to have frustrations with the UAC, which of course is switched off, and I run as administrator for similar reasons.
I had problems with UAC in Vista because it prompted for everything. The change in 7 to have UAC only show you things that programs do was a godsend. I keep UAC on and don't have any issues whatsoever. I'm a Windows systems admin for a living. I use my computer all day long, day in and day out. I don't see where UAC is troublesome at all. I've never considered shutting it off in Windows 7....it's quite rare that I see it and a simple box to check if it's appropriate. But for those people who feel confident that they know what they are doing and they know that an application would never do anything undesired or be compromised, you can simply shut it off and not use it. But my recommendation to any user, is to leave it on and get used to it. There is a reason why XP machines were hacked and broken and compromised so easily. Things like UAC and such are the efforts to curb these problems. I think they are working for the most part.
), then it's far safer to put services to 'manual' rather than 'disabled' - then they'll only run if needed.
